I would start some task, working slowly through it, as I always did, and suddenly my mother would appear, and in a few quick strokes, either of mind or hand, she would finish it for me. It is a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of family, mental illness, and the complexities of human nature. But I wasn't told what these other mothers and fathers were told, that their sons were dead at the hands of a murderer. The trial of Jeffrey Dahmer was to determine if he was guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity – prison or mental institution? I believe Satan is the Father of Lies, and Jeffrey and his family seem his disciples, in my opinion.

Between long, rambling barely-coherent attempts to place his son's crimes into the context of his own failings as a person (Not a revelation goes by without an accompanying "Perhaps I had been naive. However, I'm not interested in hearing the man's self-justification on why he would not have known about Jeffrey and that it couldn't possibly be him who's the problem. Awkward and insecure, plagued by a grave sense of my own inadequacy, as a child I had conceived of the world as something hostile and suspicious, a place that sometimes confused me, and which, because of that, I had come to regard with a sense of grave uneasiness. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN COLOR OF LEATHER RED, GREEN, BLUE, MAGENTA, TAN, DEEP BROWN, BLACK WITH DIFFERENT COLOR LABELS.It was partly because of the morbid curiosity about a nightmare that feels so very far away and yet so vivid: the unstoppable process of utter damnation of your child. They added another sibling that they were paying more attention to because he was colic and let's be honest he was the best kid so they're going to give him more attention where as Jeffrey was odd so they probably stay clear of him. Dahmer examines his family's history, looking for a genetic explanation or predisposition to such behavior.

He remembers instances of Jeffrey's odd behavior, such as his fascination with roadkill, but admits that he did not find it alarming at the time. He delves into his own feelings of guilt and responsibility, and ultimately seeks to understand what led Jeffrey down such a dark path. Dahmer questions himself if he should have known what his son was up to and tries to figure out if there were signs in Jeffreys childhood that he was disturbed.He can speculate; he can point a finger at this situation or that situation; he can look inward and berate himself for all his failings as a parent.

I feel guilty, I feel paranoid, I apologize on behalf of all humans to…I don’t know to whom…to all humans. The strongest statement in the book is Dahmer's denial of an allegation made by a former male lover of Jeffrey's that he sexually abused his son as a teenager.He reveals he was once an atheist and seems to suggest that had he believed in God, he would not have done what he did. About the book:On July 23, 1991, Milwaukee chemist Lionel Dahmer discovered - along with the rest of the world - that his son Jeffrey was a murderer who, over a period of many years, had carried out some of the most ghastly crimes ever committed in the United States. And the outcome was still a single man taking many lives and shattering so many others in the process of dissolving his own loneliness. what's unexpected is the candor, humility, and thoughtfulness of his account, and the little ways in which its genuine strangeness bypasses "shock value. While reflecting, he "speculates that his own youthful shyness, fascination with bombs and fears of abandonment added up to a monstrous genetic inheritance.